Human Culture in Evolutionary Perspective

Advances in Culture and Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Culture; Evolution; Shared intentionality; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921601319     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195380392.003.0001     Document Type: Chapter

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